Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.12.1997

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

On July 14, 1992, EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register, pursuant to section 609 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (the Act), establishing standards and requirements regarding the servicing of motor vehicle air conditioners (MVACs) that use chlorofluorocarbon- 12 (CFC-12), a class I refrigerant, and establishing restrictions on the sale of small containers of class I or class II refrigerants. Pursuant to section 609(b)(1), today's final rule establishes standards and requirements for the servicing of MVACs that use any refrigerant other than CFC-12. Today's rule also pro-vides that refrigerant (whether CFC-12 or a substitute) recovered from motor vehicles located at motor vehicle disposal facilities may be re-used in the MVAC service sector only if it has been properly recovered and reclaimed, or if it has been properly recovered by persons who are either employees, owners or operators of the facilities, or technicians certified under section 609 of the Act, using approved equipment, and subsequently recycled using approved refrigerant recycling equipment prior to use in recharging an MVAC or MVAC-like appliance. The rule also establishes conditions under which owners a